Great article.

As far as I'm concerned, this is extremely good news, and I fully support Scarlett Johansson.

Yes, I know she's rich already, but that isn't the point. The point is Disney have a horrible reputation for not honouring contracts across all levels of their employees, because they are deemed too big to sue. Writers in particular have suffered in this respect. For example, as you point out here, Alan Dean Foster lost out on royalties for some of his novels, when Disney purchased Fox, even though he was legally owed them (and he needed them for medical bills). Disney calculated that costs of Foster pursuing a legal case were greater than that of the royalties he was owed. Outrageous, immoral, despicable (and yes, probably standard practice for many other monster companies other than Disney).

The other reason I'm really pleased about the stand Johansson is taking is I hope it puts an end to this simultaneous release nonsense that threatens investment in big cinema productions. I understand there were concerns during the pandemic, but I can't see why Disney (and also, incidentally Warner Brothers) are continuing along this path, as they stand to make more money by delaying streaming, DVDs, Blu Rays, etc.

I'm also going to link to a piece by the excellent Paul Combs here, who points out Disney's underhand nonsense regarding pay comparisons, and the sexist hypocrisy of the situation.

So yes, I wish Scarlet Johansson all the best. Full support from me.